SJSE CEO Sheena McCrate says the IceCaps team was given a travel subsidy for its last three years in St. John's. 'Essentially, we reduced the IceCaps rent by $350,000 each year, which resulted in an increase to SJSE's operating subsidy.' This brought the total IceCaps travel subsidy from 2014-17 to $1,050,000." CBC investigated this issue after failed 2017 mayoral candidate and former St. John's mayor Andy Wells tweeted about it. St. John's Mayor Danny Breen was a city councillor when the rent reduction was given to the IceCaps.

Source: CBC News November 08, 2017 10:30 UTC